So whats going on here?

Marlin65 · #1 03-31-2012, 07:09 PM

Could be your lights those sol AI push lots of par.
If the tips are turning white it is bleaching.
Cut that piece of and keep an eye on it.

Nano · #2 03-31-2012, 07:14 PM

No bleaching I can see but my last one did this before it bleached. I turned down my light to 30% what should I cut it with or do i just snap it off

Nano · #3 03-31-2012, 08:36 PM

ok trimmed the ugly off with some snips, now I guess I wait and see? lol. softies are so headache free compared to sps

Mandosh · #4 03-31-2012, 08:52 PM

If SPS was easy it wouldn't be as much fun...at least that's what I keep telling myself.

Nano · #5 03-31-2012, 09:05 PM

Lol. For me fun is when things work out

reefme · #6 04-01-2012, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Nano

Lol. For me fun is when things work out

Plus 1 on this one.

daniella3d · #7 04-01-2012, 12:16 AM

OMG, zoanthids are a nightmare compared to SPS. IN fact I never had any problem with SPS until I got copper poisoning but zoanthids can go thriving for a few months and multiply like crazy only to shrivel and melt without any reason the next day.

SPS are no trouble compare to this.

If you want an easy SPS, don't start with a birdnest but rather start with a pocillopora. Thos are easy as can be and very beautiful. There are flashy green and purple and they grow fast.

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Originally Posted by Nano

ok trimmed the ugly off with some snips, now I guess I wait and see? lol. softies are so headache free compared to sps

Nano · #8 04-01-2012, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by daniella3d

OMG, zoanthids are a nightmare compared to SPS. IN fact I never had any problem with SPS until I got copper poisoning but zoanthids can go thriving for a few months and multiply like crazy only to shrivel and melt without any reason the next day.

SPS are no trouble compare to this.

If you want an easy SPS, don't start with a birdnest but rather start with a pocillopora. Thos are easy as can be and very beautiful. There are flashy green and purple and they grow fast.

is it true that the thicker branch types are more hardy?

p.s. since trimming the shedding part off it doesnt seem to have anymore, and when I put it in originally it was almost immediately, so I have hope for this one, but we'll see lol if not any one in the area with some really hardy beginner sps gimme a shout

daniella3d · #9 04-01-2012, 03:20 PM

I find the one with the skinny branch quite hardy. In fact during my copper poisoning it was not affected much. Only a slight dulling of the color that returned in less than 2 weeks.

I have candy pink birdnest and I find it quite hardy.

I think your birdnest will be fine. You did the right thing.

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Originally Posted by Nano

is it true that the thicker branch types are more hardy?

p.s. since trimming the shedding part off it doesnt seem to have anymore, and when I put it in originally it was almost immediately, so I have hope for this one, but we'll see lol if not any one in the area with some really hardy beginner sps gimme a shout

Cubeman · #10 04-01-2012, 03:50 PM

I've been keeping only sps tanks for 3 years and have yet to have any "success" with pocillipora so I was quite amazed to read in this thread that people are finding them so easy. Any that I bought grew very little and usually got crowded out by neighbouring corals that grew like weeds in comparison. I don't even bother trying with them anymore. Goes back to the addage about what works for one doesn't mean it'll work for another.

I think birdsnest is an easy coral to keep and grows rapidly but only once the tank is mature and wouldn't suggest it for a new setup. I'm a +1 on the monti caps and digi's however. They were good sps starters for me (but your experience may vary!

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